David Bodapati

David Bodapati

A sports journalist with over three decades of experience in Indian Olympic sports. Specialises in motorsports and hockey. One of the first Indian print journalists accredited by both FIA and FIM and the first Indian to interview Michael Schumacher for combined 19-edition INDIAN EXPRESS wayback in 2002! Indian Rally historian!
Indians Abroad

Team MRF wins APRC 2015 title at China; Gill loses again this year to teammate

Longyou/China, 1 Nov 2015: Team MRF’s Pontius Tideman / Emil Axelsson roared to a commanding win at the China Rally here today.…

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Formula 1

Rosberg takes first pole of Mexico’s new era for Mercedes; Hamilton 2nd followed by Vettel

Nico Rosberg took the first pole position of Mexicos’s new era of grand prix racing, beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton by…

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Formula 1

Great to be here in Mexico, Nico Rosberg after taking pole

DRI VERS 1 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 2 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari) TV UNILATERAL Nico,…

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Formula 1

Mexico is like India; So this is a home race for us as well as Checo: Vijay Mallya, chief of Sahara Force India

Clockwise from top left: TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Vijay MALLYA (Force India), Claire WILLIAMS (Williams), Yasuhisa ARAI (Honda), Toto WOLFF (Mercedes),…

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Formula 1

To race in front of my home fans is a big dream; Sunday will be the most special day of my career: Sergio Perez

DRIVERS – Carlos SAINZ (Toro Rosso), Pastor MALDONADO (Lotus), Will STEVENS (Manor), Fernando ALONSO (McLaren), Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes), Sergio PEREZ…

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India In F1

Hamilton claims third World Championship with three rounds to spare at Austin; Perez 6th

Austin, 25 October 2015: Lewis Hamilton claimed his third Formula One World Championship title with victory in an incident-packed United…

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Formula 1

It is a platform for me to inspire the young never to give up on their dreams: Hamilton after winning third world title

Austin: 25 October, 2015: DRIVERS 1 – Lewis HAMILTON (Mercedes) 2 – Nico ROSBERG (Mercedes) 3 – Sebastian VETTEL (Ferrari)…

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India In F1

Sahara Force India manage to excel in wet qualifier; Hulkenberg P7, Perez P6

The rain continued to fall at the Circuit of the Americas during Sunday morning’s qualifying session. Times from Q2 were…

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Formula E

Rosberg takes pole on rain-delayed quali on Sunday; Hamilton looks to seal the championship from P2

Nico Rosberg edged Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by a tenth of a second to claim pole position for this afternoon’s…

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Moto GP

Unstoppable Pedrosa takes dominant victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix

Repsol Honda Team’s Dani Pedrosa converted his record-breaking pace in qualifying into a race winning performance at today’s Malaysian Grand…

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